The following cases appeared at Mansfield Magistrates' Court over the past two weeks.

Simon Pass, 23, of HMP Leeds, pleaded guilty to lighting a fire and damaging property worth £2,947.17 at HMP Ranby in Retford on September 29. Six months in prison, £115 surcharge.

Peter Owen Tingle, 38, of Cornwall Road, Retford, was found guilty of two assaults in Treswell on September 27 and 28. Community order, nine-month curfew from 7pm to 7am, £400 compensation, £300 costs, £85 surcharge.